
Jean-Pierre Léaud
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Jean-Pierre Léaud (born May 28, 1944) is a French actor, best known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with The 400 Blows (1959). He also worked with Aki Kaurismäki, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jacques Rivette, and Tsai Ming-liang. He is a significant figure of the French New Wave, having appeared in eight films by Jean-Luc Godard and seven by François Truffaut.
Known for
Credits

The Dreamers (2003)
as Jean-Pierre Léaud

The 400 Blows (1959)
as Antoine Doinel

Last Tango in Paris (1972)
as Tom

Stolen Kisses (1968)
as Antoine Doinel

Masculin Féminin (1966)
as Paul

Elizabeth (1998)
as (uncredited)

Le Havre (2011)
as The Whistleblower

Day for Night (1973)
as Alphonse

Pierrot le Fou (1965)
as Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Bed and Board (1970)
as Antoine Doinel

Alphaville (1965)
as Breakfast Waiter (uncredited)

Irma Vep (1996)
as René Vidal

The Mother and the Whore (1973)
as Alexandre

Testament of Orpheus (1960)
as Dargelos, l'écolier

36 Fillette (1988)
as Boris Golovine

La Vie de Bohème (1992)
as Blancheron

The Oldest Profession (1967)
as The Bellhop (segment "Anticipation") (uncredited)

One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Second Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1993)
as Self (archive footage)

Love on the Run (1979)
as Antoine Doinel

Weekend (1967)
as Saint-Just / Le Jeune Minet du 16ème (uncredited)

I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
as Henri

Detective (1985)
as Inspector Neveu

La Chinoise (1967)
as Guillaume

Two English Girls (1971)
as Claude Roc

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor

The Pornographer (2001)
as Jacques Laurent

Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988)
as The Angry Lover

Boulevard (1960)
as Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"

Godard Cinema (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

Just for Laughs (1997)
as Nicolas Gardinier

Antoine and Colette (1962)
as Antoine Doinel

Camille Rewinds (2012)
as Monsieur Dupont - l'horloger

Made in U.S.A (1967)
as Donald Siegel

Love at Twenty (1962)
as Antoine Doinel (segment "Antoine et Colette")

Treasure Island (1986)
as Midas

I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed (2005)
as Georges Franju

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema (2024)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Nobody Loves Me (1994)
as Lucien

In the Darkness of Time (2002)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Visage (2009)
as Antoine / King Herode

Love at Sea (1965)
as The Boy at the Exit of the Cinema

Pigsty (1969)
as Julian Klotz

My Man (1996)
as Client

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2018)
as Jean

The Ministries of Art (1989)
as Self

The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
as Louis XIV

Paris Seen By... 20 Years After (1984)
as René (segment 3)

The Chalk Circle Man (2009)
as Le Nermord

The War in Paris (2002)
as Haut Placé

King on Horseback (1958)
as Pierrot

What Time Is It There? (2001)
as Man at Cemetery

François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Boran -Time to Aim (1987)
as Assistant

A Wonderful Spell (2004)
as Fernand

Dialogue 20-40-60 (1968)
as Adamík (segment "The Twenty-Year-Olds")

The Lion Has Seven Heads (1971)
as Preacher

Paul (1969)
as Paul

A Matter of Taste (2000)
as Investigating judge

Diary of a Seducer (1996)
as Hugo

Out 1 (1990)
as Colin

Mersonne ne m'aime (1982)
as Daniel Flipo-Risq

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water (2009)
as Self / Antoine / King Herode

Hugs and Other Things (1976)
as Tom

Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964)
as Absalon

Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (1986)
as Gaspard Bazin

Rebelote (1984)
as Rémi Chauveau

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Color of the Wind (1988)
as Decourt

The Birth of Love (1993)
as Marcus

Joy of Learning (1969)
as Émile Rousseau (uncredited)

Bunker Palace Hotel (1989)
as Solal

Nadja in Paris (1964)
as Self

Quando a Coisa Vira Outra (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

Innocent (1999)
as Le poète

Paris Awakens (1991)
as Clément

Les secrets de François Truffaut (2020)
as Self

The Twenty-Year-Olds (1968)
as Adamik

Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes (1966)
as Daniel

Lady Cops (1987)
as Commissaire Bouvreuil

Introducing My Father, François Truffaut (2019)
as Self (Archive Footage)

Léaud et les Bas (2026)
as Self (Footage)

Out 1: Spectre (1973)
as Colin

Parano (1981)
as Ignazio

Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’ (2004)
as Self (uncredited)

Help Me Dream (1981)
as Mario

L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Lazuli

The Departure (1967)
as Marc

Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Doinel (archive footage)

Anticipation, or Love in the Year 2000 (1967)
as The Bellboy

I shot Antoine Doinel (2019)
as Self

Lola's Lolos (1976)
as Bernard Dubois

1968 - Without Losing Tenderness (2001)
as Self

A Girl Is a Gun (1971)
as Billy le Kid
C'est la vie (1991)
Actor

Françoise et Udo... (1968)
as Self

Filmmakers of Our Time: François Truffaut or the Critical Spirit (1965)
as Self
On the Trail of the New Wave (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

The Heirs (1970)
as Danton

Alien Crystal Palace (2018)
as Horus
With All Hands (1986)
as Marcel

The Marcorelle Affair (2000)
as François Marcorelle

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath (1997)
as Self
Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel (1987)
as Georg Ossegg

Just a Movie (1985)
as Péter - a rendezõ

La cassure (1984)
as Police Commissioner Rauffast

M (2017)
as Le père de Lila

Léaud l'unique (2001)
as Self - actor

Bad Company (1969)
as Daniel (archive footage)

C'è tempo (2019)
as Self
Léaud de Hurle-dents (2004)
as Self
Paperback Woman (1989)
as Marc

Concentration (1968)
Actor

Le petit Pommier (1981)
as Le vendeur de La Belle Aubaine
Véra (1982)
Actor

Pour Bonnie (1982)
as Charles Blaine

El Brujo (2016)
Actor





